8th Grade

5.1a: access information from a variety of primary and secondary sources, including electronic text, experts, and prime resources, to locate information relevant to research questioning.



5.1b: Use text organizers, including headings, graphic features (e.g. boldface, italic type), and tables of contents, to locate and organize information.


5.1c: Use organizational strategies to learn and recall important ideas from texts, such as preview, questions, reread, and record, as an aid to comprehend increasingly difficult content material.

5.1d: Note instances of persuasion, propaganda, and faulty reasoning in text.


5.2a: Record, organize, and display relevant information from multiple sources in systematic ways (e.g. outlines, timelines, graphic organizers, or note cards).


5.2b: Analyze and paraphrase or summarize information from a variety of sources into a research paper.


5.2c: Identify and credit the sources used to gain information (e.g., bibliographies, gootnotes, appendix).


5.2d: Identify and apply test-taking strategies by answering different types and levels of questions, such as open-ended, literal, and interpretive as well as test-like questions, such as multiple choice, true/false, and short answer.


5.2e: Interpret and use graphic sources of information such as maps, graphs, timelines, or tables to address research questions.

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